Thomas Tsugi, SJ (1571 – 1627) was a Japanese Catholic preacher and member of the Society of Jesus.
Tsugi was born in 1570 near Omura, Japan, to a wealthy family of Japanese nobility.
[1] As a Jesuit, Thomas traveled Japan and became very popular as an eloquent and persuasive preacher.
Desiring to continue his missionary work in his homeland, he returned to Japan in disguised as a merchant.
He is one of the 205 martyrs of Japan beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1867, who are remembered on the 10 September each year.